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I also have a revised recipe for this coffee cake that is dairy-free and uses slightly less sugar.
This is not your typical coffee cake. Thanks to the banana in the recipe, it is very moist and stays that way even after a couple days. Great for breakfast, brunch, and snacking. I’m submitting it to The Gluten-Free Homemaker for a blog carnival of gluten-free breakfast foods. So, if you’re looking for more gluten-free breakfast ideas, check out this week’s edition of “What Can I Eat That’s Gluten-Free?”
Banana Coffee Cake
Ingredients:
Filling Layer:
1/2 Cup brown sugar, packed
1 TBSP butter, melted
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Cake Batter:
1/2 Cup butter, softened
1 Cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 Cup brown rice flour
1/2 Cup cornstarch
1/4 Cup tapioca starch
1 tsp xanthan gum
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 or 2 very ripe bananas, mashed
1/3 Cup milk
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Prepare a 9″ cake pan by spraying with oil.
- Mix together the filling ingredients and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add egg and beat well.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the dry ingredients (brown rice flour, cornstarch, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, baking powder, and salt) and then mix into the butter/sugar/egg mixture.
- Add bananas and milk. Stir well.
- Pour about 3/4 of the batter into the cake pan.
- Spoon in the filling and gently spread it over the top. It doesn’t need to be smooth and even.
- Pour the remaining batter over the filling. It doesn’t need to cover the filling completely.
- Bake at 350° F for 40-45 minutes.
Additional Notes:
- This also works in a 8×8 baking pan.
- You can also add chopped nuts to the filling.
- This cake also freezes well. I have wrapped and frozen individual portions, so that we can take out one at a time and heat it in the microwave. Great morning treat to grab-and-go on the way to the office.
- You may also want to consider this gluten-free recipe for breakfast meetings, tea parties, baby showers, bridal showers, etc.
11 Comments
October 7th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Heather, this looks delicious. If I had time, I’d go make it right now. Thanks for linking up.
October 7th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
OMG…this looks amazing!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
MMMMM. I have all the ingredients. Sounds like tomorrow’s breakfast treat.
October 7th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I love how bananas improve the gf texture! Makes things light and fluffy. Your recipe looks great.
October 7th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Wow that looks really good. I could eat that with a spoon. I wonder how my new found butter that’s not butter would work in this recipe. I’m going to have to give it a try once I get more bananas. My little monkey ate them all.
October 18th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Perfect! I am planning a fall baby shower where everything is going to have the warm fall flavors like pumpkin and apples. I think this recipe will fit right in also. It might not be a traditional fall flavor but it has many of the same spices. Can’t wait to try this!
October 19th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
[...] I’ve been intrigued by the blog carnival Slightly Indulgent Mondays at Simply Sugar and Gluten Free. I love the idea of changing your recipes to be a little healthier than they were before. Especially if they still taste as wonderful as they did before. So, I decided to try changing my recipe for Banana Coffee Cake. [...]
May 11th, 2010 at 2:01 am
i really love Cakes and i am always looking for some new cake recipes on the internet.*,:
November 5th, 2010 at 1:32 am
wow! that looks bomb! I’m so going to have to make that!
December 21st, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Made this today and forgot to put in an additional egg due to a fussy baby. So I only put one egg and it turned out delicious still. I had to bake it for about 20 min longer and it was a little sweet. Next time I will be sure to remember the additional egg and leave out 1/4 cup of the sugar.
Overall, very good recipe for Gluten Free.
December 21st, 2011 at 9:03 pm
Marisa, Thanks for your comments. It’s always nice to know how a recipe works for others. One of the things I like about this recipe is that it so moist, not as dry as typical coffee cakes are. Glad you enjoyed it.